CVE-2013-2234

Public on 2013-07-04
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description
The (1) key_notify_sa_flush and (2) key_notify_policy_flush functions in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 do not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key_socket.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2013-08-13 ALAS-2013-218 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.7 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2013-2234 Mitre: CVE-2013-2234